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Old 11-05-2006, 11:03 AM   #1
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Photos of the crash near Benalla yesterday. How to destroy a Police car, apparently it had only 26k's on the clock. It was driven from the Police Station to the crash scene, then this.....

I have just heard that fuel tank didn't erupt and the air bags didn't go off.
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Old 11-05-2006, 11:06 AM   #2
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http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/com...5E2862,00.html
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Old 11-05-2006, 11:07 AM   #3
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It was actually punted 500m up the road
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Old 11-05-2006, 11:21 AM   #4
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Thank goodness there was nobody in the car.The airbags wouldn,t have gone of due to it being a rear end collision.Surprises me how the driver never saw the car stopped there.Then again after travelling that road as often as I have, and seeing some absolutely crazy things done, it shouldn't really surprise me.
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Old 11-05-2006, 12:40 PM   #5
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Has to be said...

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Old 11-05-2006, 12:48 PM   #6
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The story goes the Police car was parked at the scene of another truck crash where a truck carrying a boat had gone off an embankement into a creek.

The Police car was supposed to be on point protecting the scene when another truck whose driver obviously wan't paying attention plowed into the back of it.

There was no-one in it.
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Old 11-05-2006, 12:51 PM   #7
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God damn....

Luckily no-one was hurt.
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:10 PM   #8
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Shesh, and we say that the Holwoo Barina isn't safe.
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:18 PM   #9
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:21 PM   #10
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Shesh, and we say that the Holwoo Barina isn't safe.
haha come on... that looks like 80km/h+ sort of rear impact, any car is going to crumple.

And yes, being a rear ender the bags didn't go off.. maybe that's some food for thought for car manufacturers... especially on Europe's motorways. I'm guessing the accident had something to do with the snow on the road ?!! Or is that fire fighting foam ? (sorry haven't read the article yet).
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:24 PM   #11
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a minties moment.
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:24 PM   #12
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Old 11-05-2006, 01:44 PM   #13
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And I know someone is going to ask. Did he have his Safety Triangles out?
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Looks like the SSX concept
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Old 11-05-2006, 02:46 PM   #15
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And I know someone is going to ask. Did he have his Safety Triangles out?
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Pretty scary stuff... wonder if head/tail/roof lights were on? Admittedly it would be fairly difficult to spot a car on a highway if there was no illumination - of course that's no excuse for inattentive driving...
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OOOOOOWWWWCCCCHHHH!!!!

That would of been a massive massive bang...
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That is foam on the ground, the crash happened near Benalla on the Hume Highway, no mountains there.
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Old 11-05-2006, 05:25 PM   #19
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Would make a nice front cut now...
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Old 11-05-2006, 05:26 PM   #20
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That's bloody crazy......
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Damn.. that's a close call.. imagine if the coppers were inside the car!!
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That is foam on the ground, the crash happened near Benalla on the Hume Highway, no mountains there.
yeah i know i go through there on the hume every few weeks to visit family, but there don't have to be hills around for snow, it's snowed in the city before ;p
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Has to be said...

It'll buff out!
Is anyone finding this comment no longer humorous?

As for that Cop car, Wow. Imagine had there been someone in the back. See ya later Alligator!

T'would have been a very embarassed truckie!
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How convient, a truck towing a boat crashed into a river...............
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thats a nasty shunt but it held up quite well really
damn thats nearly the worst cop crash pic i seen to date..
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Kinda makes you worry about Truck drivers... everyone knows some take drugs to stay awake that can affect judgement... He'd be in some serious for that one I can assure you all now

And that commodore is totalled. Bloody lucky the cops weren't inside. If the truck still managed to hit him with the cop lights and everything on he has some serious Q's to answer to...
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Did the copper's correctly display their triangles?
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Pretty scary stuff... wonder if head/tail/roof lights were on? Admittedly it would be fairly difficult to spot a car on a highway if there was no illumination - of course that's no excuse for inattentive driving...
Yes.

There were the lights on the car on PLUS additional lights and traffic direction devices set up on the road.

The thing would have been visible (given it was dark) from miles away.
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